The husband was out of town this weekend, and since he was in the area he decided to make a brief stop at Motor City Comic Con. Said I, "But you don't even like comics!" Which isn't true, he likes them well enough and will sometimes read them since they are in the house, but he wouldn't go out of his way to find them. But he was there and he had some spare time, so he went for a few hours. Mostly, I guess, in the merchant room or whatever they call it (see, I've never been to a comic convention). And he returned home bearing gifts!
The Sentry, with long hair and beard!
I've discussed the non-alternate version of this one before. This one is pretty much the same thing apart from the head. The long hair and beard give him a sort of "Jesus joins the WWF" vibe, but overall very much cooler than the other one.
Angel, in blue
Another alternate to one we already have, but since the red-clad Angel broke at the hip early on, this one is really more in the area of a replacement. (Actually a number of the Marvel Legends have broken in some way. I guess that happens when they are actually played with.) The paint job isn't as good here, with the blue showing through the white bits quite a bit, and the wings have a "dirtier" look to them. Mainly I am hoping that he is sturdier than his counterpart.
Batwoman
This is one sharp-looking figure. The hair is more of a brownish auburn than a real red, but apart from that, definitely a nice design. But everyone has seen it online, so you all know that it looks good.
As for playability, it doesn't have a lot, which is common for DC Direct figures, they're made mostly for display and it shows. (It would be nice if DC's line of actual toy action figures came out with anything like the alacrity that these ones do.)
The cape is attached well. The belt slides around a lot but that's just irritating, not a real playability issue. The hair, which probably should be longer from a design point of view, is just short enough to allow free head movement, and the head turns well and cocks just a bit.
The articulation, as expected, is minimal, main joints only (hips, shoulders, elbows and knees). The legs are rather stiff, she can't sit (and she does not stand well at all so this is a problem), and can't do any backward or sideways kicks. The arms do swing out at the shoulders as well as turn. She does not turn at the waist, and is posed with the right hip permanently cocked to the side. So, yes, I knew as soon as I'd seen pictures that she was really just a stand-there-and-look-awesome figure. And I still wanted her.
Which is a little odd considering that she's an entirely new character with relatively little character development thus far. She has potential, but very little of it has been realized at this point.
I sure hope she has a continuing storyline.
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